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Awards

April 2019 Post-doctorate High Talent Category A Fellowship

September 2012 Chinese Government Scholarship awarded
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
International Society of Genetic Genealogy
Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES).
Global Research & Development Services (GRDS)
Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)

Degrees:

2016
Doctorate     Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology

Publications resulting from Research
1. Rao F, Tian H, Li W, Hung H, Sun F. “Potential role of punicalagin against oxidative stress-induced testicular damage.” Asian J Androl. 2016. (PMID:26763544)

2. Rao F, Zhai Y, Sun F. “Punicalagin Mollifies lead acetate induced oxidative imbalance in male reproductive system’’. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2016; 17(8):1269. doi:10.3390/ijms17081269. (PMID: 27529221)

3. Zhai Y, Yao G, Rao F, Wang Y, Song X, Sun F. ‘Excessive nerve growth factor impairs bidirectional communication between the oocyte and cumulus cells resulting in reduced oocyte competence’. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2018; 16(1):28. (PMID: 29580253)

4. Iftikhar R, Zahoor AF, Irfan M, Rasul A, Rao F. Synthetic molecules targeting yes associated protein activity as chemotherapeutics against cancer. Chem Biol Drug Des. 2021 Sep 29. doi: 10.1111/cbdd.13960. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34587361.

5. SOX4 facilitates PGR protein stability and FOXO1 expression conducive for human endometrial decidualization
Pinxiu Huang, Wenbo Deng, Haili Bao, Zhong Lin, Mengying Liu, Jinxiang Wu, Xiaobo Zhou, Manting Qiao, Yihua Yang, Han Cai, Faiza Rao, Jingsi Chen, Dunjin Chen, Jinhua Lu, Haibin Wang, Aiping Qin, Shuangbo Kong
bioRxiv 2021.07.19.452960; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.19.452960

6. Sana Rao, Hanzi Wang, Rao Kashif, Faiza Rao. Robust optical flow estimation to enhance behavioral research on ants. Digital Signal Processing. 2021; 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2021.103284.

International Conference on Promoting Teaching and Assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills in 21st Century: Possibilities, Challenges and Way forward
2025
icon-pin-location Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi (Virtual)
3rd International Conference on Chemistry (ICC) 2020 Theme: Innovative Challenges and prospects in the field of Molecular and Chemical Sciences
2025
icon-pin-location Lahore Garrison University (LGU), Department of Chemistry (Virtual)
1st International Conference on Research in Biological Sciences
2025
icon-pin-location Center To Advance Level Research & Development, Multan, Pakistan (Virtual)
World Fertility Day
2025
icon-pin-location Center To Advance Level Research & Development, Multan, Pakistan (Virtual)
International conference of Chemical and Life Sciences ICCLS-2020
2025
icon-pin-location The Women University Multan, Pakistan (Virtual)

1st Nature Immunology – Cellular & Molecular Immunology Joint Conference: Inflammation, Stress and Immune Homeostasis
2025
icon-pin-location The Swan Lake Hotel, Hefei, China
3rd International Conference on Biotechnology (ICB)
2025
icon-pin-location 47-Tufail Road, Lahore Cantt. Pakistan
Evidence based use of Nutraceuticals in Male & Female Infertility
2025
icon-pin-location American Center for Reproductive Medicine (Virtual) Exam Pass
ART training in Human Assisted Reproduction (Manual Semen Analysis)
2025
icon-pin-location American Center for Reproductive Medicine (Virtual Exam Pass)
ART training in Human Assisted Reproduction (Sperm Morphology)
2025
icon-pin-location American Center for Reproductive Medicine (Virtual Exam Pass)
Male Infertility: A broad perspective of diagnosis and treatment.
2025
icon-pin-location Arab School of Urology, UAE Ministry of Health & Prevention. (Virtual 1.5 CPD credit hours)